Fighting poverty with facts : community-based monitoring systems /
For more than two decades, governments and development agencies around the world have focused on reducing poverty. There have been advances, but progress has been uneven and nearly a quarter of the world's population still suffers from extreme "income poverty." Income poverty, however...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Ottawa :
International Development Research Centre,
2009.
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Collection: | In focus (International Development Research Centre (Canada))
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | For more than two decades, governments and development agencies around the world have focused on reducing poverty. There have been advances, but progress has been uneven and nearly a quarter of the world's population still suffers from extreme "income poverty." Income poverty, however, is only part of the picture. A multi-faceted account of poverty and human welfare incorporates elements that go beyond income to capture the characteristics of poverty as experienced by the poor themselves. This book presents the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS). CBMS recognizes that the poor must be inv |
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Description: | Available also on the Internet. |
Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xviii, 104 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 1552504352 9781552504352 1552504328 9781552504321 |